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SS Iroquois aground on Bald Porcupine Island, Bar Harbor, ME., Sunday July 19, 1936. She is in the colors of the Eastern Steamship Line, and was pulled off with minimal damage by the USS Owl (AM-2). Owl was in port at that time acting as a seaplane tender for two mail planes servicing Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt on vacation at Campoello Island.
Photo 09120512 from the collection of Acadia National Park.
Photo 09120517 from the collection of Jefferson Dobbs

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USS Solace (AH-5)

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USS Solace (AH-5), formerly the Atlantic Coast Liner SS Iroquois, moored to a buoy, 21 October 1941, at Los Angeles.
Solace was en-route to join the Pacific Fleet. Note: All her lifeboats are not yet in place.Photo by Acme News Pictures

USS Solace (AH-5) at anchor in Hawaiian waters, circa 1941. She arrived at Pearl Harbor, 27 October 1941 and handled
hundreds of casualties on 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack there.A US Navy Bureau of Ships photo # 19-N-26324 now in the collections of the
US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com.

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USS Solace (AH-5) at anchor in Pearl Harbor, 6 December 1941Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman. Photo first appeared in "Our Navy" magazine, 1 June 1943 issue.

USS Solace (AH-5) dockside at Auckland, New Zealand, circa August 1942, carrying wounded troops from the Soloman Islands. They were transferred from the ship to the waiting ambulances.US National Archives photo # 80-G-10639, and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.

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A patient aboard USS Solace (AH-5) turns and grins at the camera as doctors place a cast on a compound fracture of his right femur, 31 December 1942.Associated Press photo

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USS Solace (AH-5) disembarked wounded from Iwo Jima to waiting army ambulances at Saipan, 16 April 1945.US National Archives photo # 80-G-311473, and text from "Hospital Ships of World War 11: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman..

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Undated wartime photo of USS Solace (AH-5) showing her funnel well lit at night.US National Archives photo # 80-G-47216, a US Navy photo from the collections of the US National Archives. Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.

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an undated wartime photo of USS Solace (AH-5)'s bow showing the red cross on the forward deck which was painted on an awning that provided one of the few shady spots on the ship.US National Archives photo # 80-G-472124, a US Navy photo from the collections of the US National Archives. Photo and text from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.

Wounded and severely burned sailors as a direct result of their ship being struck by a Kamikaze aircraft somewhere in the Pacific are being treated aboard USS Solace (AH-5). This sailor is fed by his fellow shipmate while aboard the hospital ship during his recuperation period from his wounds.US Navy photo.